AboutMyCoin2016-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2016-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 5,146,840 struck were all bought by collectors.
Coin info
- Year
- 2016
- Composition
- Copper-nickel clad over a copper core
- Weight
- 5.67 g
- Diameter
- 24.3 mm
- Face value
- $0.25
- Denomination
- Quarter
- Mint mark
- S
- Minted at
- San Francisco (S)
- Country
- United States
- Obverse
- George Washington, facing left
- Reverse
- A commemorative design that changes several times a year — a state or territory to 2009, a national park or site to 2021, and Washington crossing the Delaware in 2021
- Edge
- Reeded
Mintage: 5,146,840
This coin was never released into circulation. The Mint struck it at San Francisco and sold it directly, in rolls and bags, so it will not turn up in change and every one that exists was bought by somebody who meant to keep it — 5,146,840 across the five designs of that year. That makes it something like 232 times scarcer than the Washington quarters of the same date that went into circulation, and cheap all the same, because the people holding them are the people who want them.
San Francisco struck five reverse designs in 2016, so 5,146,840 is the total across all of them and no single design accounts for it.
The published figures for five of its reverse designs disagree — the sources give between 863,860 and 1,066,440 — so the figure above is the highest of them. Where it cannot be settled how many were struck, this page states the number that makes the coin commoner rather than scarcer.
The Washington quarter series
Washington quarters dated 1932 to 1964 are 90% silver and worth many times face value; those dated 1965 and later are copper-nickel clad and worth twenty-five cents, apart from the silver proofs sold in collector sets since 1992.
- Struck
- 1932–present
- Designer
- John Flanagan
- Key dates
- 1932-D, 1932-S
The metal changed mid-series, so the date decides the metal and the metal decides most of the value.
| Years | Composition | Filed under |
|---|---|---|
| 1932–1964 | 90% silver, 10% copper | Silver |
| 1965–1998 | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad |
| 1999–2021 | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad ← this coin |
| 2022–present | Copper-nickel clad over a copper core | Clad |
Other years
2023-D Washington Quarter
A 2023-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2023-P.
2023-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2023-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,517,440 struck were all bought by collectors.
2023-P Washington Quarter
A 2023-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2023-D.
2024-D Washington Quarter
A 2024-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2024-P.
2024-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2024-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,867,720 struck were all bought by collectors.
2024-P Washington Quarter
A 2024-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2024-D.
2025-D Washington Quarter
A 2025-D Washington quarter was struck at Denver, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2025-P.
2025-S Uncirculated Washington Quarter
A 2025-S uncirculated Washington quarter is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all and was sold by the Mint in rolls and bags rather than released into circulation, so the 2,033,080 struck were all bought by collectors.
2025-P Washington Quarter
A 2025-P Washington quarter was struck at Philadelphia, is copper-nickel clad over a copper core with no silver in it at all — the same metal, and the same value, as a 2025-D.
Not an appraisal. AboutMyCoin estimates from published specifications and does not authenticate or grade coins.